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HANDLE.

No. 483,466. Patented Sept. 27, 1892.

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DAVID A. MOORE, OF GUTHRIEVIITLE, AND HARRY O. MOORE, OF BERlVYN,

PENNSYLVANIA.

HAN DLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,466, dated September 27, 1892.

Application filed March 21, 1892- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, DAVID A. MOORE, residing at Guthrieville, and HARRY O. MOORE, residing at Berwyn, in the county of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attaching Handles to Coffins, &c.; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in means for attaching handles to coffins and the like, and as it is especially adapted and designed for coffinhandles it will be so described, although of course it will be understood that the invention is not restricted to such use.

It has for its objects, among others, to provide-improved simple means for attaching handles to their support, dispensing with many of the screws heretofore necessary, presenting a neat appearance, and quickly applied or removed when desired.

We provide an ear or plate which is attached to the support, as a coffin, by means having a slight amount of resiliency and yet permitting easy attachment or removal.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a front elevation showing a handle affixed in position. Fig. 2 is a section on the line .2 z of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view looking from the inside outward against the securing means. Fig. 4. is a perspective view of the pin. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the rebounding spring-key. Fig. 6 is a sectional detail showing the invention applied between the coffin and its lid.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring now to the details of the draw- Serial No. 425.829. (No model.)

ings by letter, A designates what we willconsider as the portion of the side of a coffin, and B is an ear or plate provided with a horizontal concealed socket 1) upon its outer face and upon the upper side a dowel-pin or projection B to pass into or through the side of the coffin, as seen in Fig. 2. This is not visi ble from the outer face of the ear or plate. The plate or car may be plain or as ornamental as may be desired. It is formed near its lower edge with an opening through which is passed the pin C, which has a head which may be made to resemble a screw, and its inner end is formed witha notch c, as seen best in Figs. 2 and 4., forming a square shoulder a, and the tapered walls 0 upon opposite sides of the pin.

D is a handle, which may be of any approved kind, the journals or pintles d of which are passed through holes in the inner end walls of the sockets of the plate or ear, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2. The plate or ear is then placed in position, its dowel-pin or projection being forced into a hole therefor in the side of the coffin, and then the pin 0 is passed through its hole in the ear or plate and through a coincident hole in the side of the coffin, and then a fastening plate or key E is employed, which is formed of spring material, with one end bent upon itself and under the body of the plate, as seen in Figs. 2 and 5, and its other end is provided with an openended slot 6, as seen in Figs. 3 and 5. This spring-key is placed with its slot embracing the innerend of the pin 0 and forced home, the bifurcations embracing the end of the pin and held from outward movement-that is, away from the side Aby engagement with the square shoulder of the pin, as seen in Fig. 3. If there is any liability of the fastening becoming loosened, a tack or nail F may be driven into the wood against the bent end of the spring-plate, as seen by dotted lines in Fig. 2, a suitable notch g being formed at that point, as seen in Fig. 5, to prevent movement of the spring-plate.

In Fig.6 we have shown the application of the spring-plate and pin with its notch between the lid and top edge of a coffin. In this instance the lid will be provided with a V recess H, in which the spring-plate is secured, and the pin 0 is opposite this recess. The parts are engaged and disengaged by a longitudinal movement of the one upon the other, as indicated by the arrow in said figure.

Of course one of the pins and spring-plates may be employed at the top of the ear instead of the dowel-pin; but the construction shown is preferred.

What we claim as new is- The combination,with an ear orplate formed with socket for the handle-pintles and. dowelpin, of a pin having a notched inner end and 

